Rough Starting XI
A few notes
-This is more intended to mean post deadline day than it necessarily will be for Palace matchweek 1
-Using Johnston as a stand in for "literally any right back", he's just to this point been the most concrete link on that front
-I'm like 90% confident Grealish will be back, but City will exhaust all the leverage they can by dragging it down to the end of the month. Probably either Johnson or George starts there for the first few matches, or permanently in the event Jack does not return.
-Unless we get an offer that blows us away, I would be surprised if Ndiaye left at this point.
-There is a good chance that Iroebognam and Armstrong will be playing elsewhere this year; probably one gets sold and the other loaned respectively -- but they remain here for now.
Posted Aug 10, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC